Fifth-Generation iPod Nano Gets Disassembled

iPod repair business iFixIt has posted its teardown of Apple’s fifth-generation iPod Nano, which hit stores yesterday. Like previous Nanos, this model is tightly packed and held together with copious amounts of glue. iFixIt lays out all the steps for taking the Nano apart, but the company doesn’t recommend trying it.

More interesting is that taking apart iPods gives you better insight into some of Apple’s decisions. For instance, many of us are wondering, why no still-image camera in the Nano? Steve Jobs said the Nano is so small it couldn’t fit a sensor for a still-image camera. Kyle Wiens of iFixIt confirms this is a valid explanation.

Makes sense. Hence, there is no option to shoot stills with the Nano, because the low resolution of the 640-by-480-pixel VGA camera would likely make photos look like garbage, which Apple wouldn’t be happy with.